6 Reasons To Go See - Instal

This three-day festival of left-field sound has consistently revisited ideas explored by the avant-garde half a century ago. This year Instal focuses particularly on attempted subversions of bog-standard us’n’them gig protocol in a multitude of ways.

1 Personal Space You’ll have missed Edinburgh minimalists Usurper performing in a skip beside the statue of cartoonist Bud Neill’s creation Lobby Dosser in Glasgow’s West End, but if you’re quick you’ll still catch Blood Stereo’s pilgrimage to the Blackburn community hall they grew up beside.

2 Self-Cancellation In which founder of auto-destructive art Gustav Metzger co-opts musicians such as John Butcher (pictured) and Rhodri Davis to negate the creative act itself. Tubas will be filled with sand. Ice will melt.

4 Energy Births A wig-out by any other name, as Borbetomagus’ Donald Dietrich, ex-Albert Ayler sideman Alan Silva, Hijokaidan offshoot Incapacitants and other free spirits play together and separately over a marathon three hours.

5 Marginal Consort Zenned-out one-off by Japanese trio who mix bamboo percussion with electronics to weave hypnotic shapes from an extended drone.

6 Golden Cherry Ball Matt Valentine and Erika Elder hang with neo-jug band The Cherry Blossoms in a recreation of their living room when they’ll just, like, do whatever, and see what happens.

Kristian Buss presents his photographs of the reconstruction of Metzger's famous action and demonstration on the South Bank. And Metzger will be collaborating with a number of artists and musicians to create the special self-cancellation event. 'Part of INSTAL 08'.